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Tips and Tricks CIS Training Manual Searching for organisations Subject searching Search by location Mail Merges Difficulty completing searches   CIS Training Manual This training manual will introduce you to CIS, assist you in finding information contained on the database via introductory and advanced searches, and aid you in becoming familiar with the CIS website and what it offers. Click here to view or print your own copy.     Searching for organisations When searching by Organisation or Contact Name, use part of the organisation name rather than typing in the whole name, also the contact persons name will only be found if it has been provided to CIS. Ensure all spelling is correct.     Subject searching Through Browse - Click on the drop down box, select a subject, click on Submit. Through Advanced Search -         1. Click on the drop down arrow to the right of the empty box on the left         2. Select on Subject         2. Type the request you are looking for in the middle box eg. Netball         3. Click on Submit Searches can be refined by adding more search headings eg. Contact AND Subject. You would then type in both of these boxes eg. Margaret AND Netball     Search by location Searching in a geographic location narrows down your search to organisations that specifically mention a town/suburb or shire in their record.  Ensure spelling is correct.     Always select 'Submit' AFTER you have entered your search options. There should be no typing in the search boxes other than what you are searching for.     Mail merges Once you have completed your search in either the key word search, browse or advanced search page an initial form will be displayed. From here you can either:     a) Select all organisations shown OR     b) Select specific groups from the organisations shown     a)         i) Click on the drop down box at at top of the initial page         ii) Select Mail Merge         iii) Highlight the entire table and copy and paste into a Word document         iv) This is now the source document for your Mail Merge     b)         i) Tick the boxes to the left of the organisations you wish to put in the Mail Merge         ii) Click on Submit         iii) Highlight the entire table and copy and paste into a Word document         iv) This is now the source document for your Mail Merge   (You can find instructions on mail merging by going to Help on your toolbar) Difficulty completing searches If you are experiencing difficulties completing searches, you may need to download Java. This is free to do. The below link will take you to the Java website where there are instruction for downloading Java. Java Website

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